BREAKING: Mayor Adams signs order exempting NYC-based pro athletes, performers from private sector vaccine mandate while leaving it in place for others, saying, 'I am unafraid' amid backlash
"I'm not making this decision loosely or haphazardly," Adams said."The city has to function. Some will boo us, others will cheer us -- that is not only a game of baseball but that's the game of life and we have to be on the field in order to win."
It could apply to performers, too. A number of officials and politicians are crying foul over what they perceive to be an arbitrary and unjust shift. NYC Mayor Eric Adams is expected to make a COVID-related policy change that Nets fans will appreciate, allowing athletes to be exempt from the city's private sector vaccine mandate. Though some are not happy with the decision. NBC New York's Adam Harding and Bruce Beck report.
"While celebrities were in lockdown, New York City police officers were on the street throughout the pandemic, working without adequate PPE and in many cases contracting and recovering from COVID themselves," he added."They don’t deserve to be treated like second-class citizens now."
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